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You Are Going to Get COVID Again... And Again... And Again
A look at whether the danger of a serious case mounts with each infection or fades away with time
Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States
In 2020, firearm-related injuries became the leading cause of death in children ages one to 19-years-old
Global Health Talks Clouded by Conspiracy Theories about Pandemic Treaty
Discussion of a "pandemic treaty" is setting off alarm bells for the global misinformation-industrial complex
Rare Monkeypox Outbreak in U.K., Europe, and U.S.
Health officials have little clue where people caught the monkeypox virus
First Polio Outbreak in 30 Years Declared in Mozambique
The infection marks the second imported case of wild poliovirus in southern Africa this year, following an outbreak in Malawi in mid-February
Poor Workers Bear the Brunt of India's Heatwave
“There is too much heat and if we won’t work, what will we eat?"
Want to Prevent Pandemics? Stop Spillovers
Four actions leaders need to consider to reduce animal-human virus transmission risk
North Korea Reports Its First COVID Cases
A national lockdown was ordered after a subvariant of omicron was detected in the capital city Pyongyang
GBD Collaborator Spotlight: Dr. Shuhei Nomura
"Health, life, and safety research constitutes nothing more than desk theories, unless we properly grasp the situation occurring on the ground"
India Tries to Adapt to Extreme Heat but Is Paying a Heavy Price
Summer hasn't arrived yet, but early heat waves have brought the country to a standstill
How Oslo Learned to Fight Climate Change
Norway's biggest city is charting a path forward for the world
Counting the Global COVID-19 Dead
Mortality data meet our moral duty to those who died and their families but are also of practical use to explain variation in infection spread